Object description

Khirbet et-Tibbâneh , sometimes referred to by historical geographers as the Timnah of Judah , is a small ruin situated on a high ridge in the Judaean mountains, in the Sansan Nature Reserve, 622 metres above sea level, about 3 kilometers east of Aviezer and ca. 7 kilometers southeast of Bayt Nattif. The site is thought to have formerly borne the name Timnath, distinct from the Tel Batash-Timnah site associated with the biblical story of Samson in the lower foothills of Judea along the Sorek valley. Kh. et-Tibbaneh is perched upon a high mountain ridge rising up from the Elah valley and is where the episode of Judah and Tamar is thought to have taken place.